Cabinet for type-writing machines



(No Model.)

E. FITCH.

CABINET FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

Patented Nov. 20, 1888.

UNITED VSTATES PATENT EEicE.,

EUGENE FITCH, OF DES MOINES, IOVA.

CABINET FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.393,225, dated November20, 1888.

Application filed April Q-l, 188B.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EUGENE FrrcII, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Des Moines, Polk county, State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets for Type -WritingMachines, ol which the following is a specification.

The cabinet or case forming the subjectmatter of this application isdesigned to act as .r3 a table or support for a type-writing machine,

holding the same in convenient operative position, and to inclose themachine when out of use without changing the direction ofthe plane ofthe support or removing the machine therefrom.

'Ihe cabinet occupies but little space, having an internal transversearea sufficient only to accommodate the machine, which rests on a shell'or bracket proj ecting from the front, said 2o front being provided withcentral vertical pivots, upon which it is free to be rotatedasemirevolution, carrying the machine with it from the inside of thecabinet to the outside thereof. One of the sides is hinged to the back,allowing it to be opened to permit of the rotation of the front andmachine, and said side, when closed securely, holds the front both inits closed and opened positions; but to more fully describe my inventionI will refer to the Aaecompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is aperspective view of my imfprovcd cabinet open, showing the machine heldby it in position for use. Fig. 2is a plan view with the top of thecabinet removed,

and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the cabinet closed.

The cabinet is rectangular in form and contains two compartments-anupper one, constituting the case for the type-writing ma- 4o chine, anda lower one, containing drawers for holding paper, &c. The sides a andbare rigidly secured to the top c, and extend down so as to cover twosides of the compartment occupied by the drawers d el c c', the thirdside or front, f, of this compartment being rigidly secured, thehorizontal partition g dividing the two compartments and forming thebottom of the upper compartment or cupboard. The front 71J of the uppercompartment is centrally pivoted at 7L l to the top c and parti- SerialNo. 271,742. (No model.)

tion g, and is provided with the bracketshelf t' ri', on which the typewriting machine j (shown by dotted lines) is placed. The side or door 7cis hinged to therear side, c, and has on its free edge a strip, Z, whichsets behind the strip m on the pivoted front 71J when the front h isturned around to bring the machine j, carried by it, into operativeposition,as shown at Fig. 2, thereby holding the front rigidly in itsopen position, it being prevented from turning away -from door 7a by thestrip n on its other edge bearing against the strip o, secured to theedge of the side b.

When the front 7L is turned on its pivots h h2 to bring the bracket iand machine j thereon into the cabinet, the strip m on its edge restsagainst the inside ol' the strip 0 on the side b, and the strip Z of thedoor 7i: covers the strip a on the lront h, as clearly shown at Fig. 3,thus securely holding the front h in closed position. A spring bolt orlock may be put on the door, as in ordinary furniture, to provide ameans for securing the door when closed.

It will be observed that the type-writing machine is always maintainedin a vertical position, all that is necessary to do to bring it intooperative position being to open the door k and swing the front h aroundon its pivot, the machine j then being in convenient position for use infront of the cabinet. Ready access may be had by the operator to thecontents of the drawers d d' c e without moving from a seat in front ofthe machine j.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

l. In a typc-writing -machine cabinet, in combination, two fixed sidesand top and bottom of a cupboard, a centrally vertically pivoted frontside provided with a bracket-shelf, and a hinged side which, when open,permits the front to be rotated, and arranged to act as a stop theretowhen closed.

2. A type-writingmaehine cabinet compris` ing the ('ollowi'ug elementsin combination: a cupboard having the top, bottoni, one side, and rearside fixed, a side hinged to the rear side having a right angle strip onits free edge, a front side provided with central verti- IOO cal pivotsand strips on its edges, and a bracketshelf secured to the front side.

3. In a cabinet, iu combination, the cupboard a b c g, the hinged sidela, the front h, 5 pivots h h2, on which it turns, the bracketshelf ii', and drawers d d and e e', substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17 th day of April,1888.

EUGENE FITCH. Witnesses:

C. M. SHERMAN, Gino. F. HENRY.

